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Fixed term contracts
09 September 2009
By Tristram Hooley
I had the opportunity to introduce a session yesterday afternoon given by Liz Oliver of the University of Liverpool about the way that universities are responding to fixed-term contact regulation and legislation. The session was really interesting and raised questions about how HEIs develop local policy in response to changes in the law.
Key messages that emerged from the workshop were:
- Legislative developments in the area of fixed-term contracts have increasingly been picked up and reflected in the development of policy such as the Concordat
- Most UK HEIs now have a thought through policy response to these changes in fixed term contract legislation.
- The kinds of responses that HEIs have develop vary considerably in both the nature of practice and in the way that they are presented.
- Liz is currently undertaking a research project (funded by Vitae) to continue to explore these issues through case studies of a number of HEIs that represent different kinds of policy response.
I think one of the most interesting things that emerged for me is whether FTCs remain as important for research staff given some of these changes. It may be that the issue of FTC or open-ended contract is becoming less important than the type of contract that researchers are working to.
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